#BAA85B#BAA85B

#BAA85B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.100 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAA85B
RGB	rgb(186, 168, 91)
HSL	hsl(49, 41%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(49, 51%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 51.1%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.90, -3.70, 41.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.90, 41.98, 95.05°)
OKLab	oklab(73.06% -0.0113 0.0994)
OKLCH	oklch(73.06% 0.1 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.1418, 39.2011, 15.5583)
Luminance	0.3920 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAA85B #5B6DBA

analogous

#BA795B #BAA85B #9DBA5B

triadic

#BAA85B #5BBAA8 #A85BBA

tetradic

#BAA85B #5BBA79 #5B6DBA #BA5B9D

square

#BAA85B #5BBA79 #5B6DBA #BA5B9D

split-complementary

#BAA85B #5B9DBA #795BBA

monochromatic

#6D612E #988740 #BAA85B #CCBF86 #DED6B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#BAA85B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#BAA85B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAA85B

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAA85B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAA85B	1.00	2.38	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A554

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAB5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69E96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baa85b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 168, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.100 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c18b',
    500: '#baa85b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baa85b;
$custom-light: #d1c18b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baa85b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.632,
    "s": 40.773,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73062,
    "c": 0.10002,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAA85B

secondary

#A4ACCD

accent

#6ED157

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAA85B

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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